The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-30

honey season, ne mas TODD0Q Id hives
and has secured 654 pounds of honey,
securing as much as 253 pounds in a
day. His hives are stocked with the
genuine Italian bees, and he finds this
industry a thriving one.
Dan Valley Echo: On last Friday,
June 18th, MI. Luther Jones, miller
at the Leaksville Touring mills, ground
for Mr.. Albert Ray A IL bushels Of
new wheat, and the -four was returned
to him before 10 o'clock. In the eve
ming one bushel was ground for MI.
W. M. Bateman. This is the earliest
that new wheat has ever been ground
at these mills.
Cor. Dan Valley Echo: The factor
les on Deep river, in Randolph county,
furnish employment and good wages
to many hundreds of hands, and these
have not felt any hard times. Regular
work, good wages, good houses with
gardens attached, they seem to have
plenty and are happy. There are
three factories at Randleman, which
turn out daily not less than 80 or 40
thousand yards of plaids.
Lexington Dispatch A few days
ago a farmer said that Davidson will
take a good step forward this year
Good crops of wheat, corn, oats and
grass will do much to advance the
material prosperity of the county
The walls Of the Female Seminary are
going up aapidly. At the rate the
work is being done, the building will
soon be ready to be turned over to
the corporators.
Warrenton Gazette: Charlotte is to
have two new and important enter
prises. One of those will be a brick,
tile and sewer pipe mandatory, and
the other will be a large mill for grind
ing corn, meal and feed stuf.-The
crops in South Carolina, we are
pleased to see published, and reported
better than they have been in twenty
FIVE years. Cotton is number one.--The
wheat has been saved in good condi-
ton. The crop on good land is a fine
one bnt the area devoted to it was
small.
Asheville Cor. Neacs and Observer:
Through trains, made up of elegant
coaches, including Pullman cars, pass
here daily going between Charlotte
and Louisville. So far this line is
developing business in a manner en-
couraging to the railroad authorities.
-Judson College commencement
exercises were held during the first
three days of the present week. There
were six graduates, all in the COM
mercial department: Rev. DR.. Car
roll delivered the annual address in
place of DR.. Hume, of the State Uni
versity, who was kept away by serious
illness. The bookkeeping medal was
awarded to w. R. Patterson, of Bun
combe that for defamation to J. D..
Boone, of Iredell !; that for recitation
to Miss Nora WEIGH, of Haywood.
The degree of LII. D. was conferred
upon Prof. G. G. Golf, of Bucknell,
Pa, and that Of D. D. upon Rev.. B.
Royal, Of Wake Forest College. These
are the first degrees ever conferred by
Judson College. The exercises were
concluded by a pleasant concert.
Under the management of Rev. j. B.
Boone this institution continues to
grow steadily in favor with the literary
public.
News and Observer: Mr.. A. J.. Har-
rell, n Of the best farmers of Wayne
county, sold a nice lot of tobacco at
Jones' warehouse yesterday. Mr..
Harrell says he will have some of his
present crop on exhibition at the COM
ing fair.-Last September during a
tremendous freshet, Jones & Powell's
mill was washed away and their iron
safe went down with the building.
Search was made at the time, but the
safe never could be found It looked
almost impossible for such an article
to be lost in a stream of such size but
the search had proven fruitless and had
been given up some time ago. Yes
terday while a. force of convicts were
at work Strengthening and cleaning
out the bed of the creek, they strcuk
the safe, which had been buried under
meath the bottnm of the stream for the
past nine months.
Just where it was found there is a
bend in the creek and after the water
had submitted a large hole was mott
ced in the side of the bank. So it is